[新聞] DAMON MULLED RETIREMENT

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DAMON MULLED RETIREMENT
By GEORGE A. KING III

February 21, 2008 -- TAMPA -


Early in last year's Yankees camp, Johnny Damon believed it was time to
leave baseball. His desire to continue was drained from a family problem,
and he thought about retiring shortly after the 2006 season.


Before leaving for home early in last year's camp and missing two days,
Damon said he met with Joe Torre and Brian Cashman and was contemplating
leaving $39 million on the table.

"I talked to them about it, that it was weighing on my mind," Damon said
yesterday, after he was quoted on SI.com talking about the possibility of
retiring. "I let them know what I was thinking. But I told them it would be
a [horsespit] move if I did it [in spring training] instead of at the end
of [2006]. I got through it and then I had to deal with nagging injuries."

Damon, 34, is in better physical and mental shape this year and looking
forward to putting his name in the discussion of good players after
batting .270 and hitting 12 homers last year. He is signed through next
year.

Damon去年春訓時曾因家事請假，當時他其實想過退休，對此他跟現金人和拖瑞談過
但後來覺得這是個錯誤的決定而放棄。
今年的他在身心上都比去年好，希望有更好的表現。

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Torre has long admired Andy Pettitte's character and professionalism on
top of his ability to win big games for the Yankees. So, when Pettitte
surfaced in the Mitchell Report as an human growth hormone user, something
he admitted to shortly after, and gave sworn deposition before Congress,
Torre was at Pettitte's side.
拖瑞一直很佩服Pettitte的人格與專業。所以當他捲入禁藥問題並承認時，
拖瑞在Pettitte這邊。

Thirty minutes before Pettitte entered a packed press conference at Legends
Field on Monday, Torre reached Pettitte on a cell phone and calmed the
left-hander's frazzled nerves.
當星期一佩提特開記者會的前三十分鐘，拖瑞和他通上電話，
並幫助他消除緊張的情緒。

"He apologized to me like everybody else," Torre said. "I let him know I was
there for him. He may have done the things he said he did, but when you know
what kind of human being he is and the heart he has, he doesn't have to
apologize."

「他跟我道歉，就像他對其他人一樣」拖瑞說，「我讓他知道我支持他，
他也許做了他說他做過的錯事，但當你知道他的為人的話，他不需要道歉…」

Pettitte threw 45 pitches in a bullpen yesterday and said his arm was fine,
but "I need to get my legs underneath me." Pettitte admitted his busy winter
that included trips to Washington and meetings with lawyers cut into his
workout time. Though his velocity trailed bullpen mates Kyle Farnsworth,
Phil Hughes and Mariano Rivera, Pettitte wasn't alarmed. "I never try to
throw hard, the bullpen is to build arm strength and work on location,"
Pettitte said. "My pen was normal."

Pettitte昨天丟了45球的牛棚，說他的手感覺不錯，但可能要加強下盤。
他承認這個冬天他忙於處理其他時間包括去華盛頓和他的律師開會，
使得他不得不減少訓練。雖然在牛棚的球速不及隊友 Kyle Farnsworth,
Phil Hughes and Mariano Rivera，但他並不擔心。「我從不想投快，
牛棚的目的是增強手臂的力量及投球時的精準度」，他說，「我的牛棚很正常」

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Having secured Alex Rodriguez for the next decade, Hank Steinbrenner was
asked if there were plans to get Derek Jeter signed beyond 2010 when
his contract expires. "I am not going to discuss that at this point,"
Steinbrenner said. "He has always been special to us and will always be
taken care of."

在確定A-rod在未來十年都是洋基人後，Hank Steinbrenner被問到是否會計畫在
2010Jeter合約到期後再續約。Hank說現在我不想這件事。他對我們而言很特別，
我們將好好照顧他。

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Add the Damons to the list of Yankee families expecting babies. Rodriguez
and wife Cynthia are awaiting the birth of a girl in April, and yesterday
Johnny Damon said his wife Michelle is expecting their second child in
October.

把戴蒙一家列入洋基中等待新成員的家庭，A-Rod夫婦將在4月迎接女兒的誕生，
而在昨天Johnny Damon說他妻子的預產期在十月....

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